Programme: Monday, 26th of July 2021
19:00
Screening of the Student category
Cinema: Moskino Salut
97 minutes
18+
My own sky (2019)
BEST SCREENPLAY AWARD @ MOSCOW SHORTS – JULY 2020
Director: Pavel Palekhin
Country: Russian Federation
Duration: 29:55
Synopsis: The story takes place in the nearest future. The main character, Georgiy, spends every night at the lake looking up at flying spacecrafts. One day he decides to spend all the family money and buys a spacecraft. When he finds out that the rocket is out of order and may cost him his life, Georgiy takes a chance and organizes a space journey for his children.
The Next One (2020)
BEST STUDENT AWARD @ MOSCOW SHORTS – JULY 2020
Director: Dominik György
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 15:00
Synopsis: About men without men.
The Next Stop (2018)
BEST DIRECTOR AWARD @ MOSCOW SHORTS – JULY 2020
Director: Dominik György
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 13:00
Synopsis: Mentally disabled driver and tired stewardess traveling with bus on the road of life. How far can they drive? “Dear passengers, fasten your seatbelts.” The affection of a loving mother to fulfill her disabled son’s dream by playing a game that gives him the opportunity to live in the world of fantasy in where he is so happy, also fulfills the goal of surviving and preserving peace in the family. The son has grown but not mentally, so the mother’s play for herself has become a daily struggle and suffering. How long she can keep this long-lasting treatment under control is questionable. Will be The Next Stop their final destination?
Road (2020)
BEST STUDENT AWARD @ MOSCOW SHORTS – NOVEMBER 2020
Director: Kirill Khaletsky
Country: Belarus
Duration: 08:23
Synopsis: The most important thing in life is people and the relationship between them. This film is about that. It doesn’t matter when this story took place and where, only people are important and what everyone in the audience will discover for himself.
Wings of the Spirit (2019)
BEST SCREENPLAY AWARD @ MOSCOW SHORTS – MAY 2020
Director: Albert Meisl
Country: Austria
Duration: 29:02
Synopsis: The failed Viennese musicologist Szabo works as an animal carer and house sitter for wealthy people. But when visited by his successful, younger ex-colleague Fitzthum, a rare parrot, which he should guard, escapes him. Szabo sees his already precarious life in shambles, but Fitzthum has a brilliant idea and together they go out in search of a doppelganger of the precious animal.
